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Why Choose a Residential College?

Blend Life and Learning

Live on a hall with students interested in the same topic as you. Together, you'll explore that topic inside and outside of class, forge lasting friendships and connect with professors and older students who'll become your mentors. You'll go on trips, serve your community, broaden your perspectives. And you'll be prepared to lead and succeed at Bucknell and beyond.

Venture Beyond Campus

Residential Colleges travel off campus to visit sites related to their coursework and discussions. In the past, groups have traveled to see the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit, the Dialogues with Darwin exhibit, the National Gallery, the Newseum, the Spy Museum, the World Trade Center site and historic Harlem.

They've also seen plays in New York and Washington, D.C., visited the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and toured the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Prepare to Lead and Succeed

Students in the Residential Colleges say they are more likely to:

Participate in service-learning opportunities

Attend art exhibits and performances

Talk about ideas and career plans with faculty

Work with faculty on projects outside of coursework

Try to better understand someone else's views

Connect with Mentors

Faculty members known as Senior Fellows lead each Residential College, guiding weekly Common Hour discussions, traveling off campus with students and joining students in informal conversations. Bucknell sophomores, called Junior Fellows, live on the halls with first-year students and help them plan activities and get to know campus. Both the Junior and the Senior Fellows are there to become mentors for first-year students. Lifelong friendships have emerged from these early connections.

Explore a long line of thinkers and writers, from Plato to Dante. Understand literary genres, philosophical traditions, religious expression and much more. Gain an interdisciplinary perspective on topics ranging from the visual arts to scientific texts.

Learn how science has changed the world. Participate in hands-on activities. Visit places where breakthroughs have occurred. Appreciate science through the lenses of other disciplines, including history, philosophy and education.

Understand national and cultural perspectives of non-English speaking countries. Explore the world's cultures. Become skilled in cross-cultural communication. Prepare yourself to make the most of a study abroad experience.

Study the complex scientific, social, political and ethical dimensions of environmental issues. Explore the ecological impact of human activities. Look at successes in sustainable development. Raise awareness about environmental issues. Celebrate the wonder of the natural world.

Examine topics including poverty, inequality in education and health care, immigration, and gay and lesbian civil rights. Advocate for social justice in the community. Learn about grassroots activism. Help meet people's needs in nearby communities.

Take a close look at internationalization, globalization and related themes tied to culture, controversies and solutions. Understand the evolution and contradictions of the modern world. Learn how to initiate change. Challenge your beliefs and look beyond the conventional.

Examine the possibilities inherent in technology, along with the ethical, economic and political challenges that come along with it. Consider the ways technology contributes to and detracts from society. Design technological solutions in a creative environment.

Places I've Been

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